‘My name is not Refugee’ is an Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme Exhibition that offers a new perspective on life in Britain, featuring artworks chosen by a group of refugees and asylum seekers living in Colchester.

Watch a recording of a live viola performance at the opening celebration event in December, 2020 – featuring Qusai Aljaramani performing ‘Czardas’, composed by Vittorio Monti.

The film features the artwork ‘Red Deer’ (1990) by Peter Doig (oil on canvas), from the Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London. Copyright the artist. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2021.

‘My name is not Refugee’ is the fourth exhibition by Firstsite as part of the Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme, which will continue into 2022.